Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure there are enough spaces for 16 to 19 year olds to play sport.

Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £12 million in 125 sports facilities projects in schools and colleges that 16 to 19 year-olds will directly benefit from.

Sport England also invests in local community sports facilities outside schools and colleges, which many students and young people also use regularly.

Its Inspired Facilities funding programme has invested £100 million in over 1,800 local sports facilities.

Sport England’s Protecting Playing Fields funding programme has invested £22 million in 400 projects to protect and improve over 1,000 pitches